Manual on Harmful Marine MicroalgaeProliferations of microalgae in marine, brackish or fresh waters can cause massive fish kills, contaminate seafood with toxins and alter ecosystems in ways that humans perceive as harmful. Some 300 species of microalgae are reported to form mass occurrences, or so-called 2blooms2, and nearly one-fourth of these species are known to produce toxins. Harmful algal blooms, phytoplankton blooms, microalgal blooms, toxic algae, red tides and harmful algae are all terms for naturally occurring phenomena. In a single volume, the Manual on Harmful Marine Microalgae provides guidelines to modern methods of sampling, identification, culturing, toxinanalysis, monitoring and management of harmful marine microalgae. Prepared by46 leading scientists under the aegis of the Intergovernmental OceanographicCommission (IOC) of UNESCO, the Manual on Harmful Marine Microalgae is acomprehensive source book of protocols for studying harmful marine microalgaeand a main reference in its field. It serves as a useful tool not only forresearch laboratories and environmental or food safety monitioring authorities, but also for teaching and training purposes. |
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Henrik O Enevoldsen | 13 |
Acknowledgements | 17 |
a global overview | 25 |
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Alexandrium algae algal blooms analysis antibody AOAC aquaculture areas assay bioassay brevetoxins buffer cells Cembella Chattonella chemical Chrysochromulina ciguatera ciguatoxins concentrations culture cyanobacteria cysts D. M. Anderson detection diarrhetic shellfish diatom dilution dinoflagellate dinoflagellate cysts Dinophyceae Dinophysis distribution domoic acid E-mail Elsevier Science Inc environmental extraction filter fish fluorescence freshwater Fukuyo genus Gonyaulax Gymnodinium HAB species Hallegraeff harmful algal blooms Heterosigma HPLC isolated Karenia laboratory LC-MS marine medium methanol method microalgae microcystins microscope Moestrup monitoring programmes mouse bioassay mussels nutrient Oceanographic okadaic acid organisms paralytic shellfish poisoning Phycol phycotoxins phytoplankton plankton plate probes procedure produced Prorocentrum Prymnesiophyceae Pseudo-nitzschia PSP toxins Pyrodinium Quilliam reagent red tide sample saxitoxin Scholin seafood seawater sediment shellfish tissues shellfish toxins Smayda solution studies surface tamarense technique temperature tion toxic dinoflagellate Toxic Phytoplankton Toxicon trichomes tube valve YASUMOTO Zealand